[Federal Register Volume 82, Number 226 (Monday, November 27, 2017)]
[Notices]
[Pages 56039-56040]
From the Federal Register Online via the Government Publishing Office [www.gpo.gov]
[FR Doc No: 2017-25510]


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DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH AND HUMAN SERVICES

Health Resources and Services Administration


Agency Information Collection Activities: Proposed Collection: 
Public Comment Request Information Collection Request Title: Ryan White 
HIV/AIDS Program Client-Level Data Reporting System, OMB No. 0906-
XXXX--New

AGENCY: Health Resources and Services Administration (HRSA), Department 
of Health and Human Services.

ACTION: Notice.

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SUMMARY: In compliance with the requirement for opportunity for public 
comment on proposed data collection projects of the Paperwork Reduction 
Act of 1995, HRSA announces plans to submit an Information Collection 
Request (ICR), described below, to the Office of Management and Budget 
(OMB). Prior to submitting the ICR to OMB, HRSA seeks comments from the 
public regarding the burden estimate, below, or any other aspect of the 
ICR.

DATES: Comments on this ICR should be received no later than January 
26, 2018.

ADDRESSES: Submit your comments to [email protected] or mail the HRSA 
Information Collection Clearance Officer, Room 14N39, 5600 Fishers 
Lane, Rockville, MD 20857.

FOR FURTHER INFORMATION CONTACT: To request more information on the 
proposed project or to obtain a copy of the data collection plans and 
draft instruments, email [email protected] or call Lisa Wright-
Solomon, the HRSA Information Collection Clearance Officer at (301) 
443-1984.

SUPPLEMENTARY INFORMATION: When submitting comments or requesting 
information, please include the information request collection title 
for reference, pursuant to Section 3506(c)(2)(A), the Paperwork 
Reduction Act of 1995.
    Information Collection Request Title: Client-Level Data Reporting 
System OMB No. 0906-XXXX--New.
    Abstract: The Ryan White HIV/AIDS Program's (RWHAP) client-level 
data reporting system, entitled the RWHAP Services Report or the Ryan 
White Services Report (RSR), is designed to collect information from 
grant recipients, as well as their subcontracted service providers, 
funded under Parts A, B, C, and D of the RWHAP legislation. The RWHAP, 
authorized under Title XXVI of the Public Health Service Act, as 
amended by the Ryan White HIV/AIDS Treatment Extension Act of 2009, is 
administered by the HIV/AIDS Bureau (HAB) within the Health Resources 
and Services Administration (HRSA). The RWHAP awards funding to 
recipients to respond effectively to the changing HIV epidemic, with an 
emphasis on providing life-saving and life-extending services for 
people living with HIV in the United States, as well as to target 
resources to areas that have the greatest needs.
    Need and Proposed Use of the Information: All Parts of the RWHAP 
specify HRSA's responsibilities in administering grant funds, 
allocating funding, assessing HIV care outcomes (e.g., viral 
suppression) and populations served. The RSR will collect data on the 
characteristics of RWHAP-funded recipients, their contracted service 
providers, and the patients or clients served. The RSR system will 
consist of two online data forms, the Recipient

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Report and the Service Provider Report, as well as a data file 
containing the client-level data elements. Data will be submitted 
annually. The RWHAP statute specifies the importance of recipient 
accountability and linking performance to budget. The RSR will be used 
to ensure recipient compliance with the law, including evaluating the 
effectiveness of programs, monitoring recipient and provider 
performance, and informing annual reports to Congress. Information 
collected through the RSR will be critical for HRSA, state and local 
grant recipients, and individual providers to assess the status of 
existing HIV-related service delivery systems, assess trends in service 
utilization, assess the impact of data reporting and identify areas of 
greatest need.
    This new ICR is being developed to replace the existing ICR (OMB 
control number 0915-0323), for which HRSA has collected RSR data since 
2009. These revisions will account for significant modifications to 
several variables within the client report and XML file, which will 
improve data quality and align data collection efforts with recent 
Policy Clarification Notices (PCN 16-02). HRSA will continue to collect 
and report the client-level data elements supplied by the existing ICR 
through 2019. In 2019, the existing ICR will expire and HRSA will 
collect and report on the data elements defined in the new ICR. While 
there will be no overlap in the data collected and reported between the 
existing and new ICR, HRSA is submitting this new ICR in tandem with 
the existing ICR to allow recipients the ability to make modifications 
to their RSR systems between the two reporting periods, and continue to 
collect and report on both the old and new variables without 
interruption.
    Likely Respondents: RWHAP Part A, Part B, Part C, and Part D 
recipients and their contracted service providers.
    Burden Statement: Burden in this context means the time expended by 
persons to generate, maintain, retain, disclose, or provide the 
information requested. This includes the time needed to review 
instructions; to develop, acquire, install, and utilize technology and 
systems for the purpose of collecting, validating, and verifying 
information, processing and maintaining information, and disclosing and 
providing information; to train personnel and to be able to respond to 
a collection of information; to search data sources; to complete and 
review the collection of information; and to transmit or otherwise 
disclose the information. The total annual burden hours estimated for 
this ICR are summarized in the table below.

                                     Total Estimated Annualized Burden Hours
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                                                                                      Average
                                     Number of       Number of         Total        burden per     Total burden
            Form name               respondents    responses per     responses     response  (in       hours
                                                    respondent                        hours)
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Grantee Report..................             595               1             595               7           4,165
Provider Report.................            1793               1            1793              17          30,481
Client Report...................           1,312               1           1,312              67          87,904
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    Total.......................           3,700  ..............           3,700  ..............         122,550
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    HRSA specifically requests comments on (1) the necessity and 
utility of the proposed information collection for the proper 
performance of the agency's functions, (2) the accuracy of the 
estimated burden, (3) ways to enhance the quality, utility, and clarity 
of the information to be collected, and (4) the use of automated 
collection techniques or other forms of information technology to 
minimize the information collection burden.

Amy McNulty,
Acting Director, Division of the Executive Secretariat.
[FR Doc. 2017-25510 Filed 11-24-17; 8:45 am]
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